A Walk in the Park
2013-03-08 – My wife couldn’t pick me up from the train today. I’ve been threatening to walk to and from the train for a while. I always used to do […]
Droning the Same Old Tune
2013-03-06 – There was a peculiar outrage yesterday. The cause of the outrage was a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder to Senator Rand Paul expressing his opinion on the […]
Cain’s Mother-In-Law
2013-03-04 – Writing a novel and selling a novel are two very different things. Not too long ago I would never have given a thought to selling a novel […]
Yid and Yang
2013-03-03 – I have a young cousin who spends much of her time in Israel. She is very excited to be learning about Judaism and she posted a video called […]
In Like a Lion
2013-03-01 – Did you notice that the US budget sequester began the day after the Pope retired? In Rome, all the Catholic cardinals are gathering to be sequestered in […]
Weather Mom
2013-02-27 – I always feel betrayed when the weather forecast turns out right. As I write this, the jury is out. The snow is falling. If it stops now, it […]
Three Cornered Hat
2013-02-25 – It is traditional on Purim to get so drunk that you can’t tell the difference between the hero of the day Mordechai and the villain Haman. It doesn’t […]
Some Body
2013-02-24 – Human beings seem to like to imagine living without a body. It’s like everyone had a body like Stephen Hawking, wracked by disease, nothing but a drag. Hawking […]
Extreme Negotiations
2013-02-22 – Oscar Pistorius says that he fired his gun through a closed door, “accidentally” killing his girlfriend, because he feared an intruder on the other side. I’m a little […]
I Might Just Be Steven Spielberg
2013-02-20 – Yesterday in the Metra station (in Chicago) a couple stopped me to tell me that I look like Steven Spielberg. I don’t see it, myself. But this has […]
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